National Guard Called into Federal Service for Police
War Department announces fourteen National Guard regiments are being called to federal service for police protection as states face nationwide issues. Iowa First Regiment mobilization begins in Des Moines. others remain in service with several not yet mustered out. Navy to grow to 87 000 men and six military departments created. General Wood and other generals reassigned to new Eastern, Southeastern and other commands.
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Navy to boost enlistment urges extended to 87 000 men
A March 26, 1917 dispatch notes the President signed an executive order raising the Navy enlistment cap to 87 000 in an emergency. Ships are being commissioned as fast as possible and need for manpower is urgent. The appeal urges Fairfield Iowa's Daily Journal to feature the policy and publish an editorial calling for more recruits.
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Secret list of German reservists held in United States
Thousands under surveillance include many German reservists stranded in the United States at the start of the European war. Secret agents have catalogued each reservist, and a war declaration would trigger their immediate apprehension.
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United States
U S Sets Up Nationwide Spy Insurance Network
Washington reports that all government channels are under pressure to provide spy insurance for potential war with Germany. An army of secret service and Department of Justice agents is sweeping from Atlantic to Pacific and from Canada to Mexico, surveilling thousands of spy suspects and German sympathizers. A war declaration would trigger immediate wholesale arrests and internment.
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Department of Justice
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Pacific
Canada
Mexican
United States
Foreclosure Threat From Hatters Boycott Case
John W. Sculley of New York, leader of the United Hatters of North America, said the American Federation of Labor will reimburse losers in the Loewe antiboycott suit but will not settle with cash. Attorneys for Loewe may seek foreclosure and restitution for defendants' losses.
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Danbury, Conn
John W. Sculley
New York
United Hatters of North America
American Federation of Labor
Antiboycott
Hatters’ Union
Loewe & Co
Strike Ultimatum Presses Detroit Rail Talks
Officials of the Detroit Street Railway Metal Union demand immediate arbitration on wage demands from Detroit United Railway. The ultimatum signals a strike risk as to the men’s pay dispute in Detroit Michigan.
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Detroit, Mich
Detroit Street Railway
Union
Detroit United Railway Company
German Ex-Officer's Wireless Station Triggers Federal Action
A former German naval officer living in a Chicago suburb erected a powerful wireless station. Federal agents ordered all aliens with radio structures to dismantle them at once. Local military authorities and the radio inspector warned aliens they would be arrested if stations were rebuilt after weeks of secret service surveillance. Neighbors reported arc lights in front of his house.
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Ilinois
Standard Oil Indiana Increases Capital To 100 Million
The Standard Oil company of Indiana based in Whiting filed notice with the secretary of state in Indianapolis that its capital was increased from 3 million to 100 million dollars with the increase divided into 100 dollar shares. Notice of ratification by the board of directors was also filed.
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Indianapolis
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Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Whiting
Russia as foe Aims drive threaten capital amid upheaval
Petrograd reports warn Germany massing troops near Moscow while War Minister Guehkoff cites spies and munitions as danger. Allied ambassadors honor the provisional government as Grand Duke Nicholas resigns.
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Nicholas Nicholaevitch
Japan
Tokyo
35 000 College Men Los Berlin War Report
Berlin reports after World War I that over 85 000 German college students have been killed or captured across theaters of war and more than 40 000 remain at the front. An official tally lists 60 041 enrolled in 22 empire universities for the fifth war semester, including 5 757 women and 1 400 foreigners. Of male students 12 657 attend lectures while the rest serve in the field. Many wounded receive discharge for partial disability and nearly one in three wear the iron cross.
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Empire
Relief workers withdrawn from Belgium and Whitlock recalled
Washington reports the withdrawal of American relief workers and Minister Brand Whitlock from Belgium. Whitlock will transfer to Havre France to resume duties as minister. The relief commission will be replaced by a joint neutral commission under Dutch supervision, while the government states the aim was to feed ten million civilians despite German restrictions.
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Belgium
Brand Whitlock
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France
German Raider Plying the China Sea Reported
Reports from Singapore to Tokyo indicate a German raider, a converted cruiser about 1000 tons with a crew over 350 including Spaniards and Chinese, has entered the China Sea from the Indian Ocean. A Chinese skipper who escaped in the Straits says the raider holds a captured British crew.
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Straits
New Albany Storm Death Toll Narrows Revised List
New Albany Ind March 26 death toll from the storm updated as two previously listed dead were removed and two more deaths added from Edwards Hospital. Charles Newkirk and a girl named Mathews were found alive but badly injured and likely to die. Moses Dodge and a Negro woman are confirmed dead.
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New Albany
Ind
Edward's Hospital
Charles Newkirk
Mathews
Moses Dodge
Caminetti and Diggs Sentenced Under White Slave Law
The U S supreme court issued the final mandate upholding penitentiary sentences for F Drew Caminetti and Maury I Diggs of Sacramento for violating the Mann white slave law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
F. Drew Caminetti
Maury I. Diggs
Sacramento
Showmen Discuss Wages
Kansas City March 26 The executive board of the Western Railroad Shopmen's unions continued its consideration of possible wage demands but announced no decision had been reached.
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Kansas City
Mar
Western Railroad
Milwaukee girl fired after patriotism display in navy bid
Miss Nashla D. Jabaly Milwaukee’s first girl applicant for enlistment in the navy loses her job at Weber Candy Co after a patriotic display. The employer cites incompetence and the navy confirms women are not yet accepted.
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Milwaukee
Mar
Nashla D. Jabaly
Oscar Matiz
Weber Candy Company
Navy
French advance at St Quentin seals Castres Issigny-le-Grand
French forces report capturing the Castres Issigny-le-Grand position about two and a half miles long and piercing German lines in three places. Fighting continues near Grand Seran court Wellan Ailette Chauny and north of Soissons with German losses claimed. Bombardment of Calais Dunkirk. civilians casualties noted.
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Soissons
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St. Quentin
War Office
Castres
Issigny-le- Crand
St Quentin
Grand Serancourt
Wellan
Aillette
Chauny
Vérdun
Malancourt Wood
Apremont
Nicholas Richts Are Greatest In World
New York reports Nicholas H. deposed Czar of Russia as the world’s richest man with private wealth not less than 2 billion dollars. It is said he owns 680 million acres in Russia and holds extensive foreign bonds and stocks including about 50 million in Pennsylvania Railroad stock.
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Nicholas H
Russia
Nicholas Romanoff
Pennsylvania Railroad
Governor urges Iowa defense fund and census in special message
Des Moines March 26 Governor W L Harding called the legislature to prepare Iowa for national defense. He urged a military census and inventory of resources and recommended at least $500000 in appropriations.
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Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Train Service Paris Soissons Starts
The first regular train service between Paris and Soissons since the war began has begun on the Northern railroad.
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Paris
Soissons
Northern Railroad
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